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Russia
Capital city —
Moscow
Country population
144,104,080
i
2020
/
World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Semi-President…
Human Development Index
0.824
(52/188)
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
8.2
i
2019
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
519,618
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 33.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
356
i
31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
Data not disclosed
i
2019
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – Report 2020
, p. 125.
Prison density
69 %
i
01/04/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
899
i
2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
i
2011
/
APT
Female prisoners
8.3 %
i
01/07/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
i
01/11/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
22.7 %
i
01/07/2021
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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2021
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